NEW APPOINTMENTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21617, 9 October 1933, Page 9

NEW APPOINTMENTS

COLONIAL UNDER-SECRETARY GOVERNOR OF CEYLON (Received October 8, 5.5 p.in.) British Wireless RUGBY, Oct. 7 It had been intended that BrigadierGeneral Sir Samuel Wilson, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, on retiring from the service in November, should be succeeded by the late Sir Graeme Thomson, Governor of Ceylon, who had accepted the appointment and was on his way home when his death occurred. Now it has been decided to appoint Sir John Maffey, Governor-General of the Sudan, as successor to BrigadierGeneral Wilson, and he will take oyer the appointment toward the end of November. f' Sir Reginald Stuhbs, Governor of Cyprus, has been appointed Governor of Ceylon.

Sir John Loader Maffey has been Governor-General of the Sudan since October, 1926. He was born in 1877. He was educated at Rugby and Oxford University, and joined the Indian Civil Service in 1890. In 1905 he was transferred to the Political Department, and from 1909 to 1912 was Political Agent at Khyber. Ho was Deputy-Commis-sioner at Peshawar from 1914 to 1915. and Deputv-Secretary in the Foreign and Political Department, Government of India, in the year 1915-16.

In 1919 Sir John was chief political officer in Afghanistan, and in 1921 was Chief Secretary to the Duke of Connaught. From 1921 to 1924 lie filled the post of chief commissioner of the Northwest Frontier Province, India. Sir Reginald Stubbs was appointed Governor of Cypress in May, 1932. Prior to that he had been Governor of Jamaica since 1926, and before that again Governor of Hongkong. He handled a very difficult situation at Hongkong with conspicuous ability. He was already well known in the East, having served six years in Ceylon, and having in 1910-11 visited the Straits Settlements and Hongkong to inquire into the question of the revision of the salaries of Civil Servants. He was also (in 1912) a member of the West African Lands Commission. Sir Reginald, who is 56 years of age, is the youngest son of the late Dr. Stubbs, Bishop of Oxford. He was educated at Radlev and Corpus Christi, Oxford, where he had a distinguished career. He entered the Colonial Office in 1900. He is editor of Volume 1. of Lucas' "Historical Geography of the British Colonies."